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California police shoot, kill armed man trying to burn down home with wheelchair-bound woman inside

Police said the shooting occurred after the man pointed a firearm at officers

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California police shot and killed an armed man who allegedly tried to burn down a house with an elderly, wheelchair-bound woman inside after he pointed a firearm at officers, authorities said Sunday.

San Bernardino police responded just after 6 p.m. Friday to reports of a family dispute at a home where a man with a handgun was assaulting family members, the department said in a news release.

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Officers arrived and found 50-year-old Jesus Alvarez Pulido, of San Bernardino, barricaded inside the home with the elderly woman, police said.

Pulido was armed with a handgun and rifle, police said.

Pulido was armed with a handgun and rifle, police said. (San Bernardino Police Department)

“Officers attempted to deescalate the barricaded situation by encouraging him to surrender,” the department said.

Minutes passed and officers noticed black smoke started to come out from the home. Police believed Pulido was trying to burn down the house with the woman inside, according to authorities.

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When officers forced entry into the home to rescue the woman, police said Pulido confronted them armed with a rifle and handgun. A shooting occurred and Pulido was pronounced dead at the scene. There was no report of injured officers in the police statement.

The department released four still images from an officer body camera that it said shows the shooting’s sequence of events.

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    This first still image in a sequence of four taken from officer body camera video shows Pulido standing in the doorway with a rifle in his right hand, police said. (San Bernardino Police Department)

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    The second image in the sequence shows Pulido standing in the doorway with the rifle down at his side, police said. (San Bernardino Police Department)

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    The third body camera image in the sequence shows Pulido pointing the barrel of the rifle at officers, police said. (San Bernardino Police Department)

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    The fourth image in the sequence shows the rifle on the ground after the shooting as officers entered the home, police said. (San Bernardino Police Department)

The first two images show Pulido standing in the doorway with a rifle at his side, according to police.

A third image shows Pulido pointing the firearm at officers, and the last image shows the rifle on the ground after the shooting, police said.

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Police did not say if Pulido had fired at officers. The department said evidence was later found that Pulido was trying to set the home on fire.